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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Saskatoons and Serviceberries are still Amelanchier.  The Canadian types have a "burst" growth habit adapted to the prairie areas.  They start growth as soon as it's warm enough, grow like mad, then set buds and stop growing.  Here, that means they bloom too early, then shut down by July.  The local forms bloom later, have no rust, and keep growing longer.   I've had the Canadian forms and they taste very close to identical to the better selections I've found here.
-Lon Rombough
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On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Ernest Plutko wrote:

Maybe it doesn't get cold enough in Oregon for Saskatoons.  There are
several species of Juneberries that are dry and yucky.  I am thinking
that Saskatoons are not Serviceberries but they are related.  You can
correct me.  My bushes came from Canada and are labeled Saskatoons. 
I found last week several bushes of Serviceberries or Juneberries
growing on my forest land along a path.  I'll eat some when they are
ripe and see how they taste.